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Quake-Resistant Taiwan Skyscraper May Be 'Itself' Responsible for Tremors
Dec 12 2005, Irani

Though it is built specially to withstand Taiwan’s frequent earthquakes, it is believed that the weight of the world’s tallest skyscraper itself could be causing a rise in the number of tremors beneath it. A professor from the island wrote this in a...

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